Millcreek Behavioral Health offers comprehensive residential treatment and education programs for children and teens struggling with mental and behavioral health issues, developmental disorders, and addiction.
Developmental Disabilities Residential Treatment Program Overview
Learn about our developmental disabilities residential treatment program at Millcreek Behavioral Health
Millcreek Behavioral Health offers a long-term residential treatment program that provides specialized training and development programming to adolescents or teens between the ages of 6 and 17 who have intellectual disabilities and/or related developmental disabilities. The adolescents or teens experiencing our residential treatment programs by living in our community-based group homes are provided a normal living environment designed to enhance all opportunities for success. A child or teen who joins our ICF/IID program must experience significant deficits in the abilities to learn, take proper care of oneself, and communicate with others effectively, and have challenges with socialization, self-direction, mobility, and living independently. In order for our teens and children to acquire adaptive behavioral skills, we are proud to offer a structured residential setting for our residents. The goal of our programs is to teach the adolescent or teen the skills needed to return to the least restrictive environment outside of our residential facility – most preferably their home.
Types of Treatment
Treatments and therapies offered in our developmental disabilities residential treatment program
When an adolescent or teen is admitted into our residential program, they will undergo a variety of evaluations including psychiatric, medical, and diagnostic assessments that will allow us to determine the treatment program for them. Our multidisciplinary team of professionals, including psychologists, social services, nursing staff, psychiatrists, medical physicians, behavioral and pathological professionals, and other specialized consultation services will work together to create an individualized program plan (IPP). Each child will receive a unique program plan that contains strengths, needs, goals, objectives, and plans for discharge. Types of therapeutic interventions through this program plan include:
- Medication Management
- Group Therapy Programs
- FAMS Program (Run by nurses to help residents learn importance of medication management)
- Education Programs (Held Monday through Friday with the end-goal of graduation)
- Recreational Therapy Programs
- Discharge Planning
Highly integrated psychological and psychiatric residential services are provided to proactively treat severe emotional, behavioral, and/or developmental delays. Areas of emphasis in a child’s individualized program plan may include:
- Developing self-care skills
- Acquiring transitional skills
- Improving communication with others
- Strengthening coping abilities and skills
- Identifying skill deficits
- Minimizing maladaptive behaviors
Training in the residential care setting focuses upon each person as an individual and includes all family members and loved ones through annual program plans, special treatment planning, overnight and day passes, and family support services.
